Do juvenile killer deserve life behind bars? By Nina Totenberg
PART B: Which phrase from the text best support the answer to Part A? A. “…a mandatory punishment of life without parole for a 14-year-old is cruel and unusual punishment because the defendant's age and background…cannot mitigate punishment.” ( Paragraph 9) B. “Fourteen-year-olds, for instance, are not allowed to drink, to marry, to vote, to serve on juries or even to drive.” ( Paragraph 14) C. “‘The one thing that we don't know is what the potential of the life would be that was snuffed out in the crime...’” ( Paragraph 24) D. “‘It takes them years before they even get what it means to be sentenced to life in prison without parole, because they're just not used to thinking that far ahead.’” ( Paragraph 32)